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Today I'm hosting author, Ramona Fightner on her tour with her new book, Banished Love. I'm already intrigued by the peek I've seen of this book. But not only is Ramona offering a great read, there are prizes throughout the tour, so comment here or at other stops and be entered to win a $50 Amazon/BN gift card.Welcome Ramona!Ramona Fightner is a native of Missoula, Montana. After graduating from Tufts University with a B.A. in Spanish, she earned a Master's degree in Spanish Literature from the University of Montana. Her Master's thesis, Chilean Testimonial Literature: the collective suffering of a people, highlighted her continued interest in the stories of those who were at risk of being forgotten or silenced.She studied nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Master's in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has worked for ten years as a family nurse practitioner providing care to the poor and under insured at two community health centers, first in Wilmington, Delaware and now in Boston, Massachusetts.An avid reader, she began writing three years ago. She enjoys the demands of research and relishes the small discoveries that give historical details to her books.Ramona is an avid flyfisher and hiker who enjoys nothing better than spending a day on a remote Montana river, far from a city. She enjoys research, travel, storytelling, learning about new cultures and discovering new ways of looking at the world. Though she resides in Boston, Massachusetts, Ramona remains a Montanan at heart.Her dreams are to see the plains of East Africa, marvel at the wonder of Petra, Jordan, soak in the seas of the South Pacific, and to continue to spend as much time as possible with her family.Banished Love is her first novel and is the first in the forthcoming Banished Saga.Free-Spirited...Clarissa Sullivan dreams for more from life than sipping tepid in stifling parlors in Victorian Boston. She defies her family's wishes, continuing to teach poor immigrant children in Boston's West End, finding a much-needed purpose to her life.Radical...As a suffragette, Clarissa is considered a firebrand radical no man would desire. For why shouldwomen want the vote when men have sheltered women from the distasteful aspects of politics and law?Determined...When love blossoms between Clarissa and Gabriel McLeod, a struggling cabinetmaker, her family objects. Clarissa's love and determination will be tested as she faces class prejudices, manipulative family members and social convention in order to live the life she desires with the man she loves.Will she succeed? Or will she yield to expectations?BANISHED LOVE follows Clarissa Sullivan on her journey of self-discovery as she learns what she cannot live without.Banished Love (An Excerpt):"You've known my beliefs for some time," I croaked out."A schoolgirl's idealism," she snapped. "Nothing to be acted on.Mrs. Chickering cleared her throat, as though to remind Mrs. Smythe she remained present. "I think it takes a tremendous strength of character to have beliefs and then actually act on them," she said with her own fervor. "I would hate for women to to lock away their desires for a better world once they leave school or marry. They, as women, have lives, have hopes and dreams for the future, independent of what a man might want.""How dare you come into my house and tell me that what I have is not sufficient?" Mrs. Smythe gasped."I am saying no such thing, Mrs. Sullivan," Mrs. Chickering replied. "I believe you need to understand that your stepdaughter has beliefs and aspirations that are different from your yours.""Aspirations that include the vote?" Mrs. Smythe scoffed. "Men have voted in the past, they will continue to vote, and I have no desire of it. I feel as my husband does on all things to do with politics, so it would only be giving the same politician two votes rather than one. There's no purpose to women having the vote." Her eyes flashed, true enmity in their depths as she glared at Mrs. Chickering. "And didn't we women of Massachusetts show you suffragettes we didn't want the vote in '95? No one voted for women to become enfranchised then, and they won't now." She sighed loudly, as though trying to calm herself."An aspiration for independence?" Mrs. Smythe continued, unable to stop speaking. "Are you telling me that someday it should be lauded, hoped for, that young women become independent and have no need for marriage? No need for children? How could that ever be a hoped-for future? You and your group want too much for women. Women should focus on their home, on creating a moral, upstanding environment in which to raise children. She will want for nothing if she has such a home," Mrs. Smythe argued."So I suppose women should remain tied to the kitchen stove with children at their ankles, and a husband who might, or might not, come home with a paycheck as their only recourse?" Mrs. Chickering countered. "Relying on the benevolence of men to write the laws and enforce them without women having any involvement in the legislative process? Sitting at home knitting, hoping that men will ensure that our rights are protected? That is all you envision for women? Nothing more?""It has been enough for generations. I do not know why it should need to change now," Mrs. Smythe snapped, banging down her teacup with such force I thought she might crack it."Was that enough for you in your first marriage, Mrs. Sullivan?" Mrs. Chickering asked pinning her with an intense gaze.http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e43459/"&gt;Enter to win a $50 Amazon/BN gift certificate--a RafflecopterMore on this book and the author can be found at:At her website: www.ramonaflightner.comOn twitter: twitter.com/ramonaflightnerOn facebook: www.facebook.com/authorramonaflightnerAt Pininterest: www.pininterest.com/ramonauthorSee More

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The e-book editions of both my fantasy romance Ring of Desire and my historical romance, From the Dust regularly priced at $4.99 are on sale now for the amazing price of .99 cents over at Amazon. From the DustPicture it - 1935, the prairies are an economic and environmental dust bowl: A widow...A man with a dream...Strangers...A farm they both claim.Sometimes love can be, so unexpected!What happens when a desperate widow inherits the same farm that a wealthy man claims?Eva Edwards has given up a lot of things in her life. She won't give up the farm. Tate Prescott Brown believes farming is something he understands. So when he inherits a Saskatchewan farm he gets in his coupe and heads for the prairies. "The plot was so well-written, and the people so endearing that it was impossible to not love this book." The Romance Studio"Kennie writes beautiful descriptions of the prairie. She paints a pretty picture of the wheat fields and surrounding scenery. Within the first page, a dust storm overtakes our heroes and I could feel the sand stuck in my teeth." The Long and the Short of ItRing of DesireWhispers of an ancient draw them together...In the medieval land of Hafne, a curse has swept through the land leaving it barren and without hope. As one of the chosen, Vala watches for signs of the prophecy and with it, the owner of a ring who is destined to fight by her side and drive away the darkness. The newly arrived Norman enemy is an unnecessary complication in Hafne--and in Vala's heart....an unspeakable evil fightsto keep them apartGiles arrives with his Norman men in time to rescue a mysterious woman from a watery death. Holding Vala in his arms, the stirrings of destiny and desire begin, binding him to a prophecy for which he surely wants no part--binding him to a search for his true origins and a fight to save his soul and hers."Great plot, great writing, great love between the hero and the heroine. Action filled pages that keep the heart pounding sometimes with fear for the characters when evil stalks their shadows and sometimes with excitement as love develops." Alternative-Read.comI'm thrilled that I was able to convince my publisher to offer both books at this fantastic price. I hope you take advantage as it's a time-limited offer good until the end of October only.Ryshia Kenniewww.ryshiakennie.comSee More